The following is a list of yōkai, obake, yūrei and other legendary creatures which are notable in Japanese folklore, mythology, literature and art. ukiyo-e print of yōkai, by Aotoshi Matsui Yōkai apparitions, spirits, or demons, also romanized youkai, yokai, or yookai) are a class of obake, creatures in Japanese folklore (many with Chinese origins) ranging from the evil oni to the mischievous kitsune or snow woman Yuki-onna. ... Obake ), also called obakemono, are the traditional ghosts, goblins and monsters from Japanese folklore; the term is virtually the same as yōkai, and includes traditional goblins and monsters, and yÅ«rei, spirits of the human dead. ... YÅ«rei (幽霊) are Japanese ghosts. ... Japanese mythology is an extremely complex religion and system of beliefs. ... Japanese mythology is a very complex system of beliefs that embraces Shinto and Buddhist traditions as well as agriculture-based folk religion. ... Japanese literature spans a period of almost two millennia. ... Bronze statue of Amida Buddha at Kotokuin in Kamakura (1252 CE) Japanese art covers a wide range of art styles and media, including ancient pottery, sculpture in wood and bronze, ink painting on silk and paper, and a myriad of other types of works of art. ...

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• Abumi-guchi - a furry creature formed from the stirrup of a mounted military commander
• Abura-akago - an infant ghost who licks the oil out of andon lamps
• Abura-bō - a spook fire from Shiga Prefecture, in which the shape of a monk can often be seen
• Abura-sumashi - a spirit who lives on a mountain pass in Kumamoto Prefecture
• Akabeko - a red cow involved in the construction of Enzō-ji in Yanaizu, Fukushima
• Akamataa - a snake spirit from Okinawa
• Akaname - the spirit who licks the bathroom
• Akashita - a creature that looms in a black cloud over a floodgate
• Akateko - a red hand dangling out of a tree
• Akki - another name for a wicked oni
• Akkorokamui - an Ainu monster resembling a fish or octopus
• Akuma - an evil spirit
• Akurojin-no-hi - a ghostly fire from Mie Prefecture
• Amaburakosagi - ritual disciplinary demon from Shikoku
• Amamehagi - ritual disciplinary demon from Hokuriku
• Amanojaku - a small demon which instigates people into wickedness
• Amanozako - a monstrous goddess mentioned in the Kujiki
• Amazake-babaa - an old woman who asks for sweet sake and brings disease
• Amefurikozō - a little boy spirit who plays in the rain
• Amemasu - an Ainu creature resembling a fish or whale
• Ameonna - a female rain spirit
• Amikiri - the net-cutting spirit
• Amorōnagu - a tennyo from the island of Amami Ōshima
• Anmo - ritual disciplinary demon from Iwate Prefecture
• Aoandon - the spirit of the blue paper lantern
• Aobōzu - the blue monk who kidnaps children
• Aonyōbō - a female ghost who lurks in an abandoned imperial palace
• Aosaginohi - a luminescent heron
• Asobibi - a spook fire from Kōchi Prefecture
• Arikura-no-baba - an old woman with magical powers
• Ashiaraiyashiki(足洗邸) - the story of a huge demon which demands that its leg be washed
• Ashimagari - a spook which entangles the legs of travelers
• Ashinagatenaga - a pair of characters, one with long legs and the other with long arms
• Ato-oi-kozō - an invisible spirit that follows people
• Ayakashi - another name for the ikuchi
• Ayakashi-no-ayashibi - a spook fire from Ishikawa Prefecture
• Azukiarai - a spirit which makes the sound of azuki beans being washed
• Azukibabaa - azukiarai's more vicious cousin, a bean-grinding hag who devours people
• Azukitogi - another name for azukiarai

Gazu Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro The Illustrated Bag of One Hundred Random Demons) is the fourth book of Japanese artist Toriyama Sekiens famous Gazu Hyakki Yakō series, published ca. ... The abura-akago as imagined by Toriyama Sekien. ... Shiga Prefecture from outer space. ... Abura-sumashi (油すまし) is a creature in Japanese mythology. ... Kumamoto Prefecture (熊本県; Kumamoto-ken) is located on Kyushu Island, Japan. ... Akabeko from Aizuwakamatsu Akabeko , red cow) is a traditional toy from the Aizu region of Japan. ... Yanaizu (柳津町; -machi) is a town located in Kawanuma District, Fukushima, Japan. ... Akaname (Japanese: 垢舐め), or Grime Licker, is a creature in Japanese mythology. ... Akashita (赤舌) is a yōkai that appeared in Toriyama Sekiens Gazu Hyakki Yakō. It is drawn as a beast with clawed hands and a hairy face, with most of its body hidden in a black cloud over a floodgate. ... In Japanese mythology, an Akateko (赤テコ) is a yōkai (a form of demon) from the folklore of Aomori prefecture, which appeared as a red infants hand hanging down out of a tree in front of an elementary school. ... A statue of a red oni wielding a tetsubo. ... Oni may refer to: Oni (Japanese folklore) (鬼) are the demons and ogres of Japanese folklore. ... Akkorokamui (アッコロカムイ) is a gigantic fish or octopus monster from Ainu folklore, which lurks in Funka bay in Hokkaido. ... Ainu IPA: /ʔáınu/) are an ethnic group indigenous to Hokkaidō, northern HonshÅ«, the Kuril Islands, much of Sakhalin, and the southernmost third of the Kamchatka peninsula. ... Akuma (悪魔) is a Japanese term. ... Akurojin-no-hi (悪路神の火, fire of the god of the bad road) is a ghostly flame from the folklore of Mie prefecture. ... Mie Prefecture (三重県; Mie-ken) is part of the Kinki region on Honshu island, Japan. ... A Namahage costume Namahage is a tradition that is observed throughout the Oga Peninsula peninsula that juts out into the Sea of Japan from northern HonshÅ«, Japan. ... This article is about the island. ... A Namahage costume Namahage is a tradition that is observed throughout the Oga Peninsula peninsula that juts out into the Sea of Japan from northern HonshÅ«, Japan. ... Hokuriku region (北陸地方, literally North Land) is the region along the Sea of Japan within the Chubu region, the central region of Honshu, the main island of Japan. ... Amanojaku are a type of Japanese demon, less common than other breeds of demon, such as the oni or the yokai. ... Amanozako (天逆毎, heaven opposing everything) is a monstrous goddess from Shintō mythology. ... Amazake-babaa (甘酒婆, amazake hag) is an old woman yōkai from the folklore of Nagano and Aomori prefectures. ... Amefurikozō is a weather spirit in Japanese mythology that takes the form of a strange child carrying a paper lantern and wearing a hat made from the husk of an old umbrella. ... Amemasu (アメマス) or ÅŒ-amemasu (大アメマス) is a giant whale- or fish-like creature from Ainu folklore. ... Ainu IPA: /ʔáınu/) are an ethnic group indigenous to Hokkaidō, northern HonshÅ«, the Kuril Islands, much of Sakhalin, and the southernmost third of the Kamchatka peninsula. ... Ameonna (雨女, rain woman) is a female spirit illustrated in Toriyama Sekiens Konjaku Hyakki ShÅ«i as a woman standing in the rain and licking her hand. ... Amikiri (Japanese: 網切り), or Net Cutter, is a creature in Japanese mythology. ... Amorōnagu (天降女子, girl who fell from heaven), is a tennyo (celestial maiden) from the folklore of the island of Amami ÅŒshima, in Kagoshima prefecture. ... A Namahage costume Namahage is a tradition that is observed throughout the Oga Peninsula peninsula that juts out into the Sea of Japan from northern HonshÅ«, Japan. ... Iwate Prefecture (岩手県; Iwate-ken) is located in the Tohoku region on Honshu island, Japan. ... Aoandon (青行灯) is a spirit that appears during Hyaku Monogatari meetings. ... Gazu Hyakki Yakō The Illustrated Night Parade of A Hundred Demons) is the first book of Japanese artist Toriyama Sekiens famous Gazu Hyakki Yakō series, published ca. ... Konjaku Gazu Zoku Hyakki The Illustrated One Hundred Demons from the Present and the Past) is the second book of Japanese artist Toriyama Sekiens famous Gazu Hyakki Yakō series, published ca. ... Toriyama Sekiens Aosaginohi. ... Kōchi Prefecture ) is located on the south coast of Shikoku, Japan. ... Arikura-no-baba ) is a character from the folklore of Gifu Prefecture, Japan. ... Ashi-magari ) is a ghostly phenomenon from the folklore of Kagawa Prefecture on Shikoku, Japan. ... Ishikawa Prefecture ) is located in the Chubu region on Honshu island, Japan. ... Azukiarai(小豆洗い) is a spirit found in Japanese mythology. ... Binomial name Vigna angularis (Willd. ... Azukiarai ), or Azukitogi ), is a ghostly phenomenon in Japanese folklore, in which a mysterious noise that sounds like azuki beans being washed or ground is heard. ...

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• Betobeto-san - an invisible spirit which follows people at night, making the sound of footsteps
• Bake-kujira - a ghost whale
• Bakeneko - a cat with magical powers
• Bakezōri - a sandal spirit
• Baku - an auspicious beast who can devour nightmares
• Basan - a large fire-breathing chicken monster
• Binbōgami - the spirit of poverty
• Biwa-bokuboku - the spirit of a biwa lute
• Bunbuku Chagama - a famous story about a tanuki in the form of a teakettle
• Buruburu - a spirit which causes the shivers
• Byakko - the white tiger of the west

ok well now not many of u probly care but a Bakeneko is a very special type of cat. ... Bakezōri ) is a creature from Japanese folklore. ... Baku (dream eaters) are spirits found in Chinese and Japanese mythology. ... A Japanese creature fowl-like form Japanese culture, who lives in the mountains and has fire powers. ... Junko Ueda playing a Satsuma-biwa A biwa (琵琶) is a Japanese short-necked fretted lute, and a close pickles variant of the Chinese pipa. ... Bubuku Chagama is a Japanese folktale about a raccoon-dog, or tanuki, that uses its shapeshifting powers to reward its rescuer for his kindness. ... The White Tiger (Chinese: ; pinyin: Bái Hǔ) is one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations. ...

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• Chōchinobake - a haunted paper lantern
• Cho Hakkai - Zhu Bajie, the pig spirit from Journey to the West

cartoon chochinobake illustration by B Kiyoshi Preston Chōchinobake paper lantern ghost) are a type of Tsukumogami, a form of Japanese Spirit that originate from objects reaching their 100th year of existence, thus becoming animate. ... Zhu Bajie Zhu Bajie (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Chu Pa-chieh), also named Zhu Wuneng (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Chu Wu-neng), is one of the three helpers of Xuanzang in the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West. ... The four heroes of the story, left to right: Sūn Wùkōng, Xuánzàng, Zhū Bājiè, and Shā Wùjìng. ...

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• Daidarabocchi - a giant responsible for creating many geographical features in Japan
• Daitengu - the most powerful tengu, each of whom lives on a separate mountain
• Datsue-ba - an old woman who steals clothes from the souls of the dead
• Dodomeki - the ghost of a pickpocket, her arms covered in eyes
• Dorotabō - the ghost of an old man whose rice fields were neglected and sold

Tengu and a Buddhist monk, by Kawanabe Kyōsai. ... Tengu and a Buddhist monk, by Kawanabe Kyōsai. ...

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• Enenra - a monster made of smoke
• Enkō - the kappa of Shikoku and western Honshū
• Eritate-goromo - the tengu Sōjōbō's enchanted clothes

A drawing of a kappa which was reported to have been caught in a net on Mito East beach in 1801. ... This article is about the island. ... Honshū (本州 Literally Main State) is the largest island of Japan, called the Mainland; it is south of Hokkaido across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyushu across the Kanmon Strait. ... Tengu and a Buddhist monk, by Kawanabe Kyōsai. ... Sōjōbō is the mythical king of the tengu, minor deities who inhabit the mountains of forests of Japan. ...

F

• Fūjin - the god of wind
• Funayūrei - ghosts of people dead at sea
• Futakuchi-onna - the two-mouthed woman

The Japanese wind god Fūjin, 17th century. ... Funayūrei(船幽霊) is a spirit found in Japanese mythology. ... A Futakuchi-onna Futakuchi-onna ) are a type of yōkai. ...

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• Gagoze - a demon who attacked young priests at Gangō-ji temple
• Gaki - the hungry ghosts of Buddhism
• Gangi-kozō - a fish-eating water-monster
• Garappa - a kind of kappa from Kyūshū
• Gashadokuro - a giant skeleton, the spirit of the unburied dead
• Genbu - the black tortoise of the north
• Goryō - vengeful spirits of the dead
• Guhin - another name for the tengu
• Gyūki - another name for the ushi-oni, the ox demon

Gangō-ji (元興寺) is an ancient Buddhist temple in Nara, Japan. ... In Japanese Buddhism, Gaki (餓鬼, hungry ghosts) are the spirits of jealous or greedy people who, as punishment for their mortal vices, have been cursed with an insatiable hunger for a particular substance or object. ... A drawing of a kappa which was reported to have been caught in a net on Mito East beach in 1801. ... KyÅ«shÅ« region of Japan and the current prefectures on KyÅ«shÅ« island KyÅ«shÅ« ), literally Nine Provinces, is the third largest island of Japan and most southerly and westerly of the four main islands. ... In Japanese Mythology, Gashadokuro (がしゃどくろ) are giant skeletons, often fifteen times taller than an average person. ... The Black Tortoise (Chinese: ; pinyin: Xuán WÇ”, literally Black Warrior) is one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations. ... Goryō ) are Japanese ghosts. ... Tengu and a Buddhist monk, by Kawanabe Kyōsai. ... Tengu and a Buddhist monk, by Kawanabe Kyōsai. ... Ushi-oni illustrated by Toriyama Sekien. ... Ushi-Oni (牛鬼), literally cow-oni is name that can refer to any of several creatures in Japanese mythology. ...

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• Hakutaku - the wise Bai Ze beast of China, who reported on the attributes of demons
• Hakuzōsu - a fox who disguised himself as a trapper's uncle
• Hannya - a noh mask representing a jealous female demon
• Harionago - a female monster with deadly barbed hair
• Hayatarō - the dog that killed the sarugami
• Heikegani - crabs with human-faced shells, the spirits of the warriors killed in the Battle of Dan-no-ura
• Hibagon - the Japanese Bigfoot
• Hiderigami - the god of drought
• Hihi - a baboon monster
• Hitodama - a fireball-ghost that appears when someone dies
• Hitotsume-kozō - a one-eyed boy
• Hoji - the wicked spirit of Tamamo-no-Mae
• Hōkō - a dog-like tree spirit from China
• Hone-onna - a skeleton woman
• Hō-ō - the mythical Fenghuang bird of China
• Hotoke - a deceased person
• Hyakki Yakō - the demons' night parade
• Hyakume - a creature with a hundred eyes
• Hyōsube - a kind of hair-covered kappa
• Hyōtan-kozō - a gourd spirit

Portrait of the Bai Ze on a Japanese picture scroll. ... Hannya (般若) is a popular Japanese nō mask design, representing a jealous female demon. ... Harionago (Japanese: 針女子), also known as Harionna (Japanese: 針女), is a frightening female ghoul in Japanese mythology. ... Binomial name Heikea japonica (von Siebold, 1824) Heikegani (平家蟹, ヘイケガニ) is a species of crab native to Japan, with a shell that bears a pattern resembling a human face. ... The Battle of Dan-no-ura, more commonly known as Dan-no-ura no Tatakai (壇ノ浦の戦い), was a major sea battle of the Genpei War, occurring at Dan_no_ura, in the Shimonoseki Strait off the southern tip of Honshu. ... The Hibagon or Hinagon is the Japanese equivalent of the Bigfoot or Yeti. ... “Sasquatch” redirects here. ... Hitodama (人魂) is the term for a ghost-like creature in Japanese mythology. ... Hitotsume-kozō (一つ目小僧, one-eyed boys) are goblins found in Japanese folklore. ... Hoji is an evil spirit in Japanese mythology. ... Hōkō (彭侯) is a tree spirit in Japanese folklore[1]. It is envisioned as a canine creature with 5 long tails and a black coloured body. ... Fenghuang sculpture, Nanning city, Guangxi, China. ... Hyakki Yakō by Kawanabe Kyōsai, collected in British Museum Hyakki Yakō (百鬼夜行; lit. ... A drawing of a kappa which was reported to have been caught in a net on Mito East beach in 1801. ...

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• Ibaraki-dōji - the oni of the Rashomon gate, Shuten-dōji's accomplice
• Ichimoku-nyūdō - a one-eyed kappa from Sado Island
• Ikazuchi-no-Kami - a thunder god
• Ikiryō - a living ghost
• Ikuchi - a sea-serpent that travels over boats in an arc while dripping oil
• Inugami - a dog-spirit created, worshipped and employed by a family via sorcery
• Ippon-datara - a one-legged spirit of the mountains
• Isonade - a fish-like sea monster with a barb-covered tail
• Itsumaden - a monstrous bird that appeared over the capital in the Taiheiki
• Ittan-momen - a cloth-like monster which attempts to smother people by wrapping itself around their faces
• Iwana-bōzu - a char which appeared as a Buddhist monk

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• Jakotsu-babaa - an old woman who guards a snake mound
• Jatai - an obi which has transformed into a snake
• Jibakurei 地縛霊, 自縛霊 - a ghost that is bound to a certain place
• Jikininki - ghosts that eat human corpses
• Jinmenju - a tree with human-faced flowers
• Jinmenken - a human-faced dog appearing in recent urban legends
• Jishin-namazu - the giant catfish that causes earthquakes
• Jorōgumo - a spider woman
• Jubokko - a vampire tree

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K

• Kage-onna - the shadow of a woman cast on the paper doors of a haunted house
• Kahaku 河伯 - another name for a kappa
• Kamaitachi - the slashing sickle-weasel that haunts the mountains
• Kamikiri - the hair-cutting spirit
• Kameosa - a bottle that never runs dry
• Kanbari-nyūdō - a bathroom spirit
• Kanedama - the spirit of money
• Kappa - a famous water monster with a water-filled head and a love of cucumbers
• Karasu-tengu - a tengu with a bird's bill
• Kasa-obake - a paper umbrella monster
• Kasha - a cat-like demon which descends from the sky and carries away corpses
• Kashanbo - kappa who climb into the mountains for the winter
• Katawa-guruma - a woman riding on a flaming wheel
• Katsura-otoko - a handsome man from the moon
• Kawa-akago - an infant monster that lurks near rivers and drowns people
• Kawa-uso - a supernatural river otter
• Kawa-zaru - a smelly, cowardly kappa-like creature
• Kerakera-onna - a giant cackling woman who appears in the sky
• Kesaran-pasaran - a mysterious white fluffy creature
• Keukegen - a creature made of hair
• Kijimunaa - a tree sprite from Okinawa
• Kijo - a witch or ogress
• Kirin - the Qilin of China, part dragon and part hoofed mammal, sometimes called the "Chinese unicorn"
• Kitsune - a supernatural fox
• Kitsune-Tsuki - fox possession
• Kiyohime - a woman who transformed into a serpent-demon out of the rage of unrequited love
• Kodama - a spirit that lives in a tree
• Kokakuchō - the ubume bird
• Koma-inu - another name for the shishi, the pair of lion-dogs that guard the entrances of temples
• Konaki-Jijii - an infant spirit that cries until it is picked up, then increases its weight and crushes its victim
• Konoha-tengu - a bird-like tengu
• Koropokkuru - a little person from Ainu folklore
• Kosode-no-te - a short-sleeved kimono with its own hands
• Kuchisake-onna - the slit-mouthed woman
• Kuda-gitsune - a small fox-like animal used in sorcery
• Kudan - a human-faced calf which predicts a calamity and then dies
• Kurabokko - the guardian spirit of a warehouse
• Kurage-no-hinotama - a jellyfish which floats through the air as a fireball
• Kyōkotsu - the ghost of a corpse discarded in a well
• Kyūbi-no-kitsune - a fox with nine tails

Kamaitachi, by Toriyama Sekien. ... A drawing of a kappa which was reported to have been caught in a net on Mito East beach in 1801. ... Tengu and a Buddhist monk, by Kawanabe Kyōsai. ... A Karakasa toy. ... Keukegen is the name of a Japanese hair spirit in Japanese Mythology. ... Ryukyuan religion is the indigenous belief system of the Uchinanchu people of Okinawa and the other Ryukyu Islands. ... A qilin of the Qing dynasty – note the antlers, closer in style to the Japanese version (Kirin) A painting by the court artist depicting one of Zheng Hes giraffes in 1414. ... Prince Hanzoku terrorized by a nine-tailed fox. ... Prince Hanzoku terrorized by a nine-tailed fox. ... Kiyohime Changes from a Serpent by Yoshitoshi Tsukioka Kiyohime ) (or just Kiyo) was a beautiful waitress who, according to Japanese folklore, worked in a teahouse on the Hidaka riverbank. ... A Kodama as depicted in Princess Mononoke Kodama (木霊) are the nature spirits that live within all aspects of nature, primarily trees and rocks. ... An image of ubume as depicted by Toriyama Sekien, an ukiyo-e artist famous for his prints of yokai and obakemono. ... According to the history books such as Samguk Yusa, Gyuwon Sahwa, Shindan Minsa and Hwandan-gogi, Shinshi was a semi-legendary Korean ancient nation(or protected city) in which Hwanung or Dangun ruled. ... Tengu and a Buddhist monk, by Kawanabe Kyōsai. ... Koro-pok-guru (men-under-butterbur in Ainu) are little underground dwellers who appear in Ainu mythology. ... Ainu IPA: /ʔáınu/) are an ethnic group indigenous to Hokkaidō, northern Honshū, the Kuril Islands, much of Sakhalin, and the southernmost third of the Kamchatka peninsula. ... Kuchisake-onna ) (Slit-Mouth Woman) refers to both a story in Japanese mythology, as well as a modern version of the tale of a woman, mutilated by a jealous husband, and returned as a malicious spirit bent on committing the same acts done to her. ... Kuda-gitsune or Kanko ) is a creature supposedly employed by Japanese kitsune-tsukai, those who use foxes as spirit familiars. ...

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M

• Maikubi - the quarreling heads of three dead miscreants
• Makura-gaeshi - the pillow-moving spirit
• Mekurabe - the multiplying skulls that menaced Taira no Kiyomori in his courtyard
• Miage-nyūdō - a spirit which grows as fast as you can look up at it
• Mikoshi-nyūdō - another name for miage-nyūdō
• Mizuchi - a dangerous water-dragon
• Mokumokuren - a swarm of eyes that appear on a paper sliding door in an old building
• Momonjii - an old-man who is waiting for you at every fork in the road
• Morinji-no-kama - another name for Bunbuku Chagama, the tanuki teakettle
• Mōryō - a long-eared, corpse-eating spirit
• Mujina - a shapeshifting badger
• Myobu - a title sometimes given to a fox

Statue of Taira no Kiyomori, Miyajima, Hiroshima Prefecture Taira no Kiyomori (平 清盛 1118 - 1181) was a general of the late Heian period of Japan. ... In Japanese Mythology, Mokumokuren ) are spirits that live in torn shōji (Japanese paper sliding walls). ... Bubuku Chagama is a Japanese folktale about a raccoon-dog, or tanuki, that uses its shapeshifting powers to reward its rescuer for his kindness. ... Mujina ) is an old Japanese term for a tanuki (Raccoon dog). ... In Japan, myobu is a title which was given to ladies of the fifth rank in the imperial court or to midrank noblewomen. ...

N

• Namahage - ritual disciplinary demon from the Oga Peninsula
• Nando-baba - an old-woman spirit who hides under the floor in abandoned storerooms
• Narikama - a kettle spirit whose ringing sound is a good omen
• Nebutori - a spook-disease which causes a woman to grow immensely fat and lethargic
• Nekomata - a bakeneko with a split tail
• Nekomusume - a cat in the form of a girl
• Nikusui - a monster which appears as a young woman and sucks all of the flesh off of its victim's body
• Ningyo - a fish person or "mermaid"
• Nobusuma - a supernatural wall, or a monstrous flying squirrel
• Noppera-bō - a faceless ghost
• Nozuchi - Another name for the tsuchinoko serpent
• Nue - a monkey-headed, tiger-bodied, snake-tailed monster which plagued the emperor with nightmares in the Heike Monogatari
• Nukekubi - a vicious human-like monster whose head detaches from its body, often confused with the rokurokubi
• Nuppefuhofu - an animated lump of decaying human flesh
• Nure-onna - a female monster who appears on the beach
• Nuribotoke - an animated corpse with blackened flesh and dangling eyeballs
• Nurikabe - a ghostly wall that traps a traveler at night
• Nurarihyon - a strange character who sneaks into houses on busy evenings
• Nyūbachibō - a mortar spirit

Namahage is a tradition that is observed throughout the Oga Peninsula peninsula that juts out into the Sea of Japan from northern Honshu, Japan. ... Satellite image The Oga Peninsula (男鹿半島 Oga-hantō) is a rugged peninsula which projects west into the Sea of Japan from the coast of Akita in northern Honshu, the main island of Japan. ... ok well now not many of u probly care but a Bakeneko is a very special type of cat. ... A catgirl wearing sailor fuku A catgirl is a woman or girl with cat ears and a cat tail, but an otherwise human body; they are found semi-commonly in anime and manga either as a form of cosplay or actual body parts, as well as in a few video... A ningyo from Toriyama Sekiens Konjaku Hyakki ShÅ«i. ... The Mujina(noppera-bō) of the Akasaka Road, from Pierre Waysers animated short film, Mujina. ... Kuniyoshi Utagawa, Taiba (The End), 1852. ... The Tale of the Heike (Japanese: 平家物語, Heike monogatari) is an epic account of the struggle between the Minamoto and Taira clans for control of Japan at the end of the 12th century. ... Nukekubi are monsters found in Japanese folklore. ... Rokurokubi (ろくろ首) are goblins or demons found in Japanese folklore. ... The nurikabe (ぬりかべ) is a yōkai, or spirit, from Japanese folklore. ...

O

• Oboro-guruma - a ghostly oxcart with the face of its driver
• Ohaguro-bettari - a female spook lacking all facial features save for a large, black-toothed smile
• Oiwa - the ghost of a woman with a distorted face who was murdered by her husband
• Okiku - the plate-counting ghost of a servant girl
• Ōkamuro - a giant face which appears at the door
• Ōkubi - the face of a huge woman which appears in the sky
• Okuri-inu - a dog or wolf that follows travelers at night, similar to the Black dog or Barghest of Anglo-Saxon myth.
• Ōmukade - a giant centipede
• Oni - the classic Japanese demon, an ogre-like creature which often has horns
• Onibi - a spook fire
• Onikuma - a monster bear
• Onmoraki - a bird-demon created from the spirits of freshly-dead corpses
• Onryō - a vengeful ghost
• Otoroshi - a hairy creature that perches on the gates to shrines and temples

Yotsuya Kaidan (四つ谷怪談) is a Japanese ghost story. ... Yoshitoshi Tsukiokas portrait of Okiku. ... In Japanese Mythology, Ōkubi (大首) are giant heads of either men or women. ... A black dog may refer to any dark-hued canine. ... Barghest, Bargtjest or Bargest is the name given in the north of England, especially in Yorkshire, to a mythical monstrous black dog with huge teeth and claws. ... A statue of a red oni wielding a tetsubo. ... Onryō Sadako Yamamura from Ringu Onryō (怨霊) is a Japanese ghost who is able to return to the physical world in order to seek vengeance. ...

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• Raijin - the god of thunder
• Raijū - a beast which falls to earth in a lightning bolt
• Rokurokubi - a person, usually female, whose neck can stretch indefinitely
• Ryū - the Japanese dragon

Raijin ) is a god of thunder and lightning in Japanese mythology. ... RaijÅ« (雷獣,thunder animal or thunder beast) is a demon from Japanese mythology. ... Rokurokubi (ろくろ首) are goblins or demons found in Japanese folklore. ... A Japanese dragon, also known as ryÅ« or tatsu (ç«œ or 龍, dragon) is a legendary creature from Japan. ...

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• Sakabashira - a haunted pillar, installed upside-down
• Sagari - a horse's head that dangles from trees on Kyūshū
• Sa Gojō - the water-monster Sha Wujing from Journey to the West, often interpeted in Japan as a kappa
• Samebito - a shark-man from the undersea Dragon Palace
• Sarugami - a wicked monkey spirit which was defeated by a dog
• Satori - an ape-like creature that can read minds
• Sazae-oni - a turban snail which turns into a woman
• Seiryū - the azure dragon of the east
• Seko - a kind of kappa, which can be heard making merry at night
• Senpoku-Kanpoku - a human-faced frog which guides the souls of the newly deceased to the graveyard
• Sesshō-seki - the poisonous "killing stones" which Tamamo-no-Mae transformed into
• Setotaishō - a warrior composed of discarded earthenware
• Shachihoko - a tiger-headed fish whose image is often used in architecture
• Shibaten - a kind of kappa from Shikoku.
• Shikigami - a spirit summoned to do the bidding of an Onmyōji
• Shiki-ōji - another name for a shikigami
• Shiro-bōzu - a white, faceless spirit
• Shin 蜃 - a giant clam which creates mirages
• Shinigami - the "god of death", the Japanese name for the Western Grim Reaper
• Shiro-uneri - an old, rotten dishcloth appearing in the form of a dragon
• Shiryō - the spirit of a dead person
• Shisa - the Okinawan version of the shishi
• Shishi - the paired lion-dogs that guard the entrances of temples
• Shōjō - red-haired sea-sprites who love alcohol
• Shōkera - a creature that peers in through skylights
• Shōki - the fabled demon-queller Zhong Kui
• Shunoban - a red-faced ghoul that surprises people
• Shuten-dōji - an infamous princess-kidnapping, bloodthirsty oni
• Sodehiki-kozō - an invisible spirit which pulls on sleeves
• Sōjōbō - the famous daitengu of Mount Kurama
• Sōgenbi - the fiery ghost of an oil-stealing monk
• Son Gokū - the monkey king Sun Wukong from Journey to the West
• Soragami - a ritual disciplinary demon in the form of a tengu
• Soraki-gaeshi - the sound of trees being cut down, when later none seem to have been cut
• Sorobanbōzu - a ghost with an abacus
• Sōtangitsune - a famous fox from Kyoto
• Sunakake-baba - the sand-throwing hag
• Sunekosuri - a small dog- or cat-like creature that rubs against a person's legs at night
• Suppon-no-yūrei - a ghost with a face like a soft-shelled turtle
• Suzaku - the vermilion bird of the south

Kyūshū region of Japan and the current prefectures on Kyūshū island Kyūshū ), literally Nine Provinces, is the third largest island of Japan and most southerly and westerly of the four main islands. ... Sha Wujing Sha Wujing (沙悟凈 WG: Sha Wu-ching) is one of the three helpers of Xuanzang in the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West. ... The four heroes of the story, left to right: Sūn Wùkōng, Xuánzàng, Zhū Bājiè, and Shā Wùjìng. ... A drawing of a kappa which was reported to have been caught in a net on Mito East beach in 1801. ... Samebito (鮫人, shark men) are monsters found in Japanese folklore. ... In Japanese mythology, Ryūgū-jō (竜宮城) is the undersea palace of Ryūjin, the dragon god of the sea. ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... A drawing of a kappa which was reported to have been caught in a net on Mito East beach in 1801. ... Tamamo-no-Mae. ... In Japanese mythology, a shachihoko ) is an animal with the head of a tiger and the body of a carp. ... A drawing of a kappa which was reported to have been caught in a net on Mito East beach in 1801. ... This article is about the island. ... In Japanese mythology, Shikigami (式神) are spirits summoned to serve or protect an Onmyoji, much like the western concept of a wizards familiar. ... Shinigami literally death god) is the Japanese name for personifications of death, in particular the Grim Reaper, which was imported to Japan from Europe during the Meiji period. ... Categories: Stub ... According to the history books such as Samguk Yusa, Gyuwon Sahwa, Shindan Minsa and Hwandan-gogi, Shinshi was a semi-legendary Korean ancient nation(or protected city) in which Hwanung or Dangun ruled. ... An image of Zhong Kui painted sometime before 1304 A.D. by Gong Kai. ... Shuten-dōji ) is a Oni, the creature of Japanese folklore. ... Sōjōbō is the mythical king of the tengu, minor deities who inhabit the mountains of forests of Japan. ... Shrine at Kurama-dera Mount Kurama (Japanese: 鞍馬山, Kurama-yama) is a mountain to the northwest of Kyoto city. ... This article or section is incomplete and may require expansion and/or cleanup. ... The four heroes of the story, left to right: Sūn Wùkōng, Xuánzàng, Zhū Bājiè, and Shā Wùjìng. ... Tengu and a Buddhist monk, by Kawanabe Kyōsai. ... Bold textSAM ROCKS An abacus (plurals abacuses or abaci) is a calculation tool, often constructed as a wooden frame with beads sliding on wires. ... The Vermilion Bird (Chinese: ; pinyin: Zhū Què) is one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations. ...

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• Taimatsumaru - a tengu surrounded in demon fire
• Taka-onna - a female spirit which can stretch itself to peer into the second story of a building
• Tamamo-no-Mae - a wicked nine-tailed fox who appeared as a courtesan
• Tankororin - an unharvested persimmon which becomes a monster
• Tanuki - a shapeshifting raccoon dog
• Tatami-tataki - a poltergeist that hits the tatami mats at night
• Tengu - the infamous bird-man demon of the mountains
• Tenjōname - the ceiling-licking spirit
• Tennin - a heavenly being
• Te-no-me - the ghost of a blind man, with his eyes on his hands
• Tesso - the ghost of the priest Raigō, who transformed into a swarm of rats
• Tōfu-kozō - a spirit child carrying a block of tofu
• Toire-no-Hanakosan - a ghost who lurks in grade school restroom stalls
• Tōtetsu - the Taotie monster of China
• Tsurara-onna - an icicle woman
• Tsuchigumo - a giant spider which was defeated by Minamoto no Raikō
• Tsuchikorobi - a tumbling monster which rolls over travelers
• Tsuchinoko - a legendary serpentine monster, now a cryptid resembling a fat snake
• Tsukumogami - inanimate objects that come to life after a hundred years
• Tsurube-otoshi - a monster that drops out of the tops of trees

Tamamo-no-Mae (玉藻前) is a legendary figure in Japanese mythology. ... Pottery statue of tanuki This article deals with tanuki in folklore; see Raccoon Dog for more information on the wild animal. ... Six-mat room with tatami flooring and shoji Tatami ) (originally meaning folded and piled) mats are a traditional Japanese flooring. ... Tengu and a Buddhist monk, by Kawanabe Kyōsai. ... Tennin (天人) including the female tennyo (天女) (Sanskrit: apsara) are spirits found in Japanese Buddhism that are similar to Western angels or fairies. ... Tofu (the Japanese Romaji spelling), also called doufu (the Chinese Pinyin spelling often used in Chinese recipes) or bean curd (the literal translation), is a food of Chinese origin[1], made by coagulating soy milk, and then pressing the resulting curds into blocks. ... The taotie (饕餮 Pinyin: Tāotiè, Wade-Giles: tao tieh), known as Totetsu in Japanese, is a motif commonly found on ritual bronze vessels from the Shang and Zhou Dynasty. ... The Tsuchigumo (土蜘蛛) were a peoples of ancient Japan, believed to have lived in the Japanese Alps until at least the Asuka period. ... The tsuchinoko (ツチノコ) is a mythical creature (or UMA) from Japan resembling a snake. ... Tsukumogami (Lit. ... Tsurube-otoshi (釣瓶おとし) is a creature from Japanese folklore. ...

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• Ubume - the spirit of a woman who died in childbirth
• Uma-no-ashi - a horse's leg which dangles from a tree and kicks passerbies
• Umibōzu - a giant monster appearing on the surface of the sea
• Umi-nyōbō - a female sea monster who steals fish
• Ungaikyō - a mirror monster which can display assorted wonders in its surface
• Ushi-oni - a name given to an assortment of ox-headed monsters
• Uwan - a spirit named for the sound it shouts when surprising people

An image of ubume as depicted by Toriyama Sekien, an ukiyo-e artist famous for his prints of yokai and obakemono. ... Umibōzu (Japanese: 海坊主 sea bonze) is a spirit in Japanese mythology. ... Ushi-Oni (牛鬼), literally cow-oni is name that can refer to any of several creatures in Japanese mythology. ...

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• Wanyūdō - a flaming wheel with a man's head in the center, which sucks out the soul of anyone who sees it.

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• Yagyō-san - a demon who rides through the night on a headless horse
• Yakubyō-gami - spirits who bring plagues and other unfortunate events
• Yadōkai - monks who have turned to mischief
• Yama-biko - a creature that creates echos
• Yama-bito - the wild people who live in the mountains
• Yama-chichi - a mountain spirit resembling a monkey
• Yama-inu - the fearsome mountain dog
• Yama-otoko - the giant mountain man
• Yama-oroshi - a radish-grater spirit, a pun on a word for "mountain storm"
• Yamata-no-Orochi - the eight-headed serpent slain by the god Susanoo
• Yama-uba - the mountain hag
• Yama-waro - a hairy, one-eyed spirit, sometimes considered a kappa who has gone into the mountains for the winter.
• Yanari - poltergeists which cause strange noises
• Yatagarasu - the three-legged crow of Amaterasu
• Yato-no-kami - deadly snake-gods which infested a field
• Yomotsu-shikome - the hags of the underworld
• Yōsei - the Japanese word for "fairy"
• Yosuzume - a mysterious bird that sings at night, sometimes indicating that the okuri-inu is near
• Yukinko - a child-like snow-spirit
• Yuki-onna - the snow woman

Yadōkai (夜道怪) is a derogatory term for Kohya Hijiri. ... Yama-bito (やまびと, mountain people) are mountain-dwelling human-like beings in Japanese folklore. ... Susanoo slaying the Yamata no Orochi, by Chikanobu Toyohara This article is about the Japanese mythological creature. ... Yama-uba (mountain crone) is a monster found in Japanese folklore. ... A drawing of a kappa which was reported to have been caught in a net on Mito East beach in 1801. ... In East Asian mythologies, a three-legged bird inhabits and represents the sun. ... The Yato-no-kami (夜刀の神, gods of the night sword) are snake deities appearing in the Hitachi No Kuni Fudoki. ... Yomotsu-shikome ), also known as Yomotsu-hisame ), were, in Japanese mythology, eight (or myriad) hags sent by Izanami to chase Izanagi out of the underworld. ... Yosei, sometimes Yōsei (妖精, ようせい) is a Japanese word meaning fairy. ... by Sophie Anderson For other uses, see Fairy (disambiguation). ... Yuki-onna (雪女, snow woman) is a spirit or type of spirit found in Japanese folklore. ...

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• Zashiki-warashi - a protective child-like house spirit.
• Zennyo Ryūō - a rain-making dragon
• Zunbera-bō - another name for the noppera-bō

A Zashiki-warashi, from the webcomic Cafe Tengu. ... Zennyo Ryūō(善女竜王, Dragon Ruler Zennyo) is a dragon from Japanese folk belief and art, famous for appearing at a rain-making contest at Shinsenen Garden in Kyoto. ... The Mujina(noppera-bō) of the Akasaka Road, from Pierre Waysers animated short film, Mujina. ... The Mujina(noppera-bō) of the Akasaka Road, from Pierre Waysers animated short film, Mujina. ...

See also

• Japanese mythology
• Toriyama Sekien
• Kaidan
• Lafcadio Hearn
• Shigeru Mizuki
• InuYasha Yokai List
• J-Horror

Japanese mythology is a very complex system of beliefs that embraces Shinto and Buddhist traditions as well as agriculture-based folk religion. ... Toriyama Sekien (1712-1788) was a Ukiyo-e print designer who specialised in images of demons and ghosts. ... Kwaidan (怪談, which in modern Japanese is now romanized and pronounced as kaidan) is a Japanese word that, in its broadest sense, refers to any ghost story. ... Lafcadio Hearn, aka Koizumi Yakumo. ... Shigeru Mizuki Shigeru Mizuki ), born March 8, 1922 in Sakaiminato, Tottori) is a Japanese manga author, most known for his shonen Japanese horror manga Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro. ... This article pertains to the anime and manga series InuYasha and is a list of yōkai (demons) who appear in the series. ... Poster for Dark Water J-Horror is a term used to refer to Japanese contributions to horror fiction in popular culture. ...

External links

• Photo Dictionary of Japanese Buddhist and Shinto Deities
• Japanese Wikipedia's List of Yōkai
• The Obakemono Project